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...million in 2000, the Securities and Exchange Commission's haul this year is estimated to be $900 million, paying the salaries of an additional 1,000 accountants, lawyers and economists. No one expects those changes to eliminate corporate fraud entirely. But CEOs may no longer claim, like the old joke about the drunk driver who gets in a car crash, that they were sitting in the backseat. --With reporting by Barbara Kiviat/ New York
...reporter on her plane likened her to a metronome. Needled at every stop in India and Pakistan about which country would first be allowed to buy F-16 fighters from the U.S., Rice tried to dodge. When all else failed, she dived for cover in a self-deprecatory joke that made reference to the two countries' shared love of cricket--a game she didn't understand but promised she would try to learn. The joke got a little tired after the fourth outing...
...common symbol for Ireland’s rebirth after the Anglo-Irish War. The interior of the Landing is bathed in a warm red and features authentic wooden walls. The Galway-born bartender, Niamh (rhymes with ‘Bev’—no joke), told of the St. Paddy’s Day festivities: an honest-to-goodness bagpipe band will follow a showing of the John Ford classic The Quiet Man (John Wayne is just dreamy in his dramatic roles). The Landing is a fun place and its omnipresent Irish paraphernalia adds to the atmosphere...
...Miles Rind) reveal the intimate comedy that occurs between two men who know each other all too well. Maintaining the understatement of the production, the vocalists were careful not to play their humor over-the-top, coaxing the audience members to feel like they were part of an inside joke...
...chair Aaron D. Chadbourne ’06 says that Glazer and he joke about how they spend more time in meetings than in class...